--- title: ★★★ Kiara in Melbourne: «Plague killed heaps of people, so workers g… — Olympiad: cause and effect chains ★★★ · tree and pragmatics description: ★★★ Kiara in Melbourne: «Plague killed heaps of people, so workers got paid heaps less after, yeah nah?» What really happened? 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The page gives the question's syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause, then the 4 options as the student saw them, each with its tree and pragmatics. Every text is parsed by Mova itself. How the student answered it, with the score of every option and why: [the test at school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/history/86-olympiad-cause-and-effect-chains/#t3). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* ★★★ Kiara in Melbourne: «Plague killed heaps of people, so workers got paid heaps less after, yeah nah?» ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:86-olympiad-cause-and-effect-chains:t3:1 # text = ★★★ Kiara in Melbourne: «Plague killed heaps of people, so workers got paid heaps less after, yeah nah?» 1 ★ ★ PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 ★ ★ X FW Foreign=Yes 1 dep _ SpaceAfter=No 3 ★ ★ VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 Kiara Kiara PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 5 in in ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 Melbourne Melbourne PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 7 : : PUNCT : _ 10 punct _ _ 8 « « PUNCT `` _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 Plague Plague PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ _ 10 killed kill VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 11 heaps heap NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 obj _ _ 12 of of ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 13 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 15 so so ADV RB _ 17 advmod _ _ 16 workers worker NOUN NNS Number=Plur 17 nsubj _ _ 17 got get VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 conj _ _ 18 paid pay VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 19 amod _ _ 19 heaps heap NOUN NNS Number=Plur 17 obj _ _ 20 less less ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 21 advmod _ _ 21 after after ADV RB _ 17 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 23 yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 24 discourse _ _ 24 nah nah INTJ UH _ 17 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 25 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 26 » » PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **★** | present | ★ | Kiara | | Melbourne | | | tree rules | | 2 | **kill** *in a quote* | past | Plague | heaps of people | | | | | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent heap=Theme | | 3 | **get** *in a quote* | past | workers | paid heaps | | | | after *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer heap=Stimulus | | 4 | **pay** *in a quote* | participle | | | | | | | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree. *Sentence 2:* What really happened? ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:86-olympiad-cause-and-effect-chains:t3:2 # text = What really happened? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 3 nsubj _ _ 2 really really ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 3 happened happen VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **happen** | past | | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 {#o1} Right, wages fell, as nobody needed workers ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:86-olympiad-cause-and-effect-chains:t3:o1:1 # text = Right, wages fell, as nobody needed workers 1 Right right INTJ UH _ 3 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 3 wages wage VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 advcl _ _ 4 fell fall VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 6 as as SCONJ IN _ 8 mark _ _ 7 nobody nobody PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 8 nsubj _ _ 8 needed need VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 9 workers worker NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **wage** | present | | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **fall** | past | | | | | | | vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **need** | past | nobody | workers | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot worker=Theme | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2} Workers were paid in bread, not in money ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:86-olympiad-cause-and-effect-chains:t3:o2:1 # text = Workers were paid in bread, not in money 1 Workers worker NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj:pass _ _ 2 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux:pass _ _ 3 paid pay VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 4 in in ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 bread bread NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 7 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 9 advmod _ _ 8 in in ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 money money NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **pay** | past · passive | | Workers | | bread and money | | | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Asset | ### Option 3 {#o3} Wages stayed exactly the same for 500 years ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:86-olympiad-cause-and-effect-chains:t3:o3:1 # text = Wages stayed exactly the same for 500 years 1 Wages wage NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 nsubj _ _ 2 stayed stay VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 exactly exactly ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 same same ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 xcomp _ _ 6 for for ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 500 500 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 8 nummod _ _ 8 years year NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stay** | past | Wages | | | | year | same *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} Fewer workers, so survivors could ask more ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:86-olympiad-cause-and-effect-chains:t3:o4:1 # text = Fewer workers, so survivors could ask more 1 Fewer few ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 2 amod _ _ 2 workers worker NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 4 so so ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 5 survivors survivor NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 nsubj _ _ 6 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 7 ask ask VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 acl:relcl _ _ 8 more more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 7 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | could | survivors | more | | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent more=Recipient | **Text:** the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (`world/data/school/`), as the course runner gave them to the student. **Trees:** Mova's own parse — the `en` model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), each text read on its own. 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